iOS 17 Introduces Follow-Up Reminders to Take Your Medications

[MacRumors]

iOS 17 includes several improvements to the Health app, including new mental health and vision health features. Another useful addition to the app is follow-up reminders for scheduled medications, in case you forget to mark them as taken.

When the setting is turned on, the Health app will send you follow-up reminders if you have not logged a medication 30 minutes after the initial notification. There is also an option to have follow-up reminders sent as critical alerts that appear on the Lock Screen and play a sound, even if a Focus mode is turned on or the iPhone is muted.

iOS 17 is available in beta for members of Apple's Developer Program, and will be released to the public later this year for the iPhone XS and newer.

Article Link: iOS 17 Introduces Follow-Up Reminders to Take Your Medications

 

[coolaaron88]

This is a good addition

 

[Apple Fan 2008]

Good for my Grandma, that's for sure.

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

Excellent addition

 

[6787872]

this is really useful actually, i hope i remember to turn it on when the time comes

 

[JosephAW]

Been using "Round" for my meds, I haven't transitioned yet to the health app, I was assuming they had missed reminders but apparently they didn't according to this.
Round has a lot of things right with their app and it will take some testing to transition away from it.

 

[MVMNT]

Anyone notice a number of mentions around medications in the Keynote? Interesting line to take around some of the features and services.

 

[SethD]

I’d like them add a count of how much medicine you have left and refill reminders

 

[CalMin]

Great to have this in natively. My wife currently uses medisafe and it saves her from forgetting at least a couple times a month.

 

[Robert.Walter]

If apple would bring this to the Mac, I’d be able to set up for my elderly mom half a world away.

Ridiculous that the iPad got Apple Health functionality before the Mac.

A 2000+$ device that doesn’t get the app support (even from apples own apps) of the iOS devices is ridiculous.

 

[icanhazmac]

Great addition! Wonder why it took so long, seems like it would be fairly simple as it is little more than reminders.

 

[hagjohn]

If apple would bring this to the Mac, I’d be able to set up for my elderly mom half a world away.

Ridiculous that the iPad got Apple Health functionality before the Mac.

A 2000+$ device that doesn’t get the app support (even from apples own apps) of the iOS devices is ridiculous.

Health app is coming to the Mac, so it probably will have it.

 

[mannyvel]

I thought medication reminders were ridiculous until I got old. It's a surprisingly large PITA to remember (1) to take your medication, and (2) if you actually took your medication.

For people with lots of meds it's a real problem.

 

[klasma]

Anyone notice a number of mentions around medications in the Keynote? Interesting line to take around some of the features and services.

Senior leadership is not getting younger.

 

[DogHouseDub]

Coordinating meds for our dependents has become more of a chore than it should be. Fingers crossed for family sharing of med schedules.

 

[svish]

Great to see these small but useful additions.

 

[surfzen21]

I don't log Meds/Vitamins in the app.

But, reading this article reminded me that I didn't take my morning vitamins 🤣

It's kinda working in an unconventional way 🥲

 

[mrgossett]

So glad to see this! That is really the only thing I have disliked about the Medication app, and why I have kept using other apps. Not having later reminders is a deal-breaker for me.

 

[PODshady]

FINALLY!!! I have missed my doses many times by hours because I got sidetracked with other things. So glad they are adding these reminders!

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

Senior leadership is not getting younger.

That’s why the health innovations will be awesome

 

[mannyvel]

One thing that this won't fix is if you logged your meds but then can't remember if you actually took them. That's happened to me a few times, especially if I get interrupted.

Luckily my meds aren't critical. That's why it's important to have a routine/process ie: put your meds out, then take them, then log them.

 

[GregoriusM]

Been using "Round" for my meds, I haven't transitioned yet to the health app, I was assuming they had missed reminders but apparently they didn't according to this.
Round has a lot of things right with their app and it will take some testing to transition away from it.

I looked for Round on the App Store and it says it hasn’t been updated for 5 years. It is a wonder it still works for you.

 

[LuisNeto]

On iOS 16, it is not possible to set up a medication to be taken every X hours.
It is only possible to configure medication to be taken at specific times of the day.

A problem with this is that if you take the 1st dose later, the Health app doesn't postpone the time of the following dose.
For example, you have a medication to take every 12 hours, and you configured it to be taken at 8am and 8pm. If one day you take the 1st dose at 11am, the 2nd dose should be taken at 11pm, and the following one at 11am the next day.
But this re-scheduling can’t be achieved automatically when logging the first delayed dose.

Does iOS 17 address this problem?

 

[Sevendaymelee]

Note to writer of article: medication is traditionally an uncountable noun. There is no need to use the "s".

 

[Fraserpatty]

I just hope it coordinates with Siri. It’s so much easier to just tell Siri you took your medicine and have her add it to the app like she used to be able to do in notes. You are much less likely to forget if you took your medicine if you are able to just say it the minute you put it in your mouth.
that’s one of the main reasons why I keep wishing they would make massive updates to Siri. I am north of 70 and I have been programming her through the iPad, with what I understand of short cuts (which isn’t much) to be a help for me as I get more forgetful and needful of her to do things for me, like turn off lights During an asthma or arthritis attack. Getting old is not for the faint of heart, but it’s great when you have a helper like Siri could be.